AutoFormat Filenames:
FileScan will allow you to preview AutoFormatting before
saving changes. This way you can double-check what
FileScan plans to do to your files before you commit the
changes!
AutoFormat makes the following changes to your files:
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Fixes capitalization. Makes all words 'proper case'
which is lower case with first letter of each word capitalized.
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Replaces all occurrences of the underbar character with
the space character.
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Strips all () [] {} parenthesis, and brackets from artist
name and automatically inserts a hyphen between artist
name and song title. FileScan will not remove
parenthesis or brackets which occur in song title.
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(new_order)_-_round_and_round (extended).mp3
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New Order - Round And Round (Extended).mp3
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Evens out the spacing between words, and does not allow back-to-back
space characters (double spacing) in filenames.
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Pads all hyphens ('dash' character) with a single space
on either side of every hyphen. does not allow back-to-
back hyphens (--) and compresses hyphen-space-hyphen-
space ( - - - ) or hyphen hyphen hyphen (---) etc...
to a single padded hyphen. ( - )
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Removes all trailing spaces, underbars and hyphens from
filenames.
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Strips all occurrences of the word 'The' at the beginning
of an artist name. This will allow your artist names to
alphabetise in the correct order, and also, will combine
your entries for any given artist, as it is very often
the case that within a single collection, half of the
files for a particular artist may or may not have the
leading 'the'... at any rate, as the program does not
have the ability to detect a missing 'the' it does have
the ability to detect a leading 'the' and eliminate
it thus, making your collection naming more consistent
all around.
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Expands all & (ampersand) characters to the word 'And'.
this fixes a lot of issues as the larger your collection
grows the more you will notice that use of & by
your potential sources is highly inconsistent. Here is an example of
6 files before and after autoformatting. It is very
very common to see file lists in which the following
occurs:
... top of list ...
(The_Mamas_&_The_Papas)_-_Monday Monday.mp3
(Mamas And The Papas) Word Of Love.mp3
... alphabetized under 'M' ...
mamas & the papas - creeque alley.mp3
Mamas_And_The_Papas_-_I_Saw_Her_Again -_.mp3
... alphabetized under 'T' ...
THE_MAMAS_&_THE_PAPAS-California_Dreamin'.mp3
The Mamas & The Papas ---- Dedicated To The One I Love.mp3
... rest of list ...
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autoformat will automatically fix this situation so these 6 files
will alphabetize together and have a consistent look:
... alphabetized under 'M' ...
Mamas And The Papas - California Dreamin'.mp3
Mamas And The Papas - Creeque Alley.mp3
Mamas And The Papas - Dedicated To The One I Love.mp3
Mamas And The Papas - I Saw Her Again.mp3
Mamas And The Papas - Monday Monday.mp3
Mamas And The Papas - Word Of Love.mp3
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... all at the touch of one button ! no options to set!
thousands of files autoformatted in a matter of seconds!
Some of these changes may seem somewhat arbitrary, but
the important thing is that when you have a huge list,
and half of your files are formatted one way, and half
the other, it's a huge mess to look at, and filenames
don't alphabetize correctly when half have parens and
half don't! when you are dealing with 1,000s of files
its not so important what the specific format of the
names are, just so long as they all have the same format!
at any rate that's the philosophy behind what this tool
does so its no coincidence, that's exactly what this tool
does for you!
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